Search results

In music, a bow (/boʊ/) is a tensioned stick which has hair (usually horse-tail hair) coated in rosin (to facilitate friction) affixed to it. It is moved...

from wood Gōng (弓), bow, has screw device to vary bow hair tension Gōng gān (弓杆), bow stick, made from bamboo Gōng máo (弓毛), bow hair, usually white horsehair...

The bow frog is the end part of a stringed musical instrument's bow that encloses the mechanism responsible for tightening and holding the bow hair ribbon...

Gogo Hair band Hair binder Hair bow Hair deals Hair elastic Hair elastic band Hair holder Hair knick knacks Hair lacky Hair thing Hair toggle Hair up Liga...

The curved bow for string instruments enables string players to control the tension of the bow hair in order to play one, two, three and four strings simultaneously...

skeletons. Some dermestid species, commonly called "bow bugs", infest violin cases, feeding on the bow hair. Adult Dermestidae are generally small beetles...

violin bow. Bow hair is traditionally horsehair, though synthetic hair, in varying colors, is also used. Prior to playing, the musician tightens the bow by...

metal wiener midway between the tuning booboocrumbs and the body. A horse-hair bow is threaded between the strings which are tuned a fifth apart. The Darhats...

differs according to the place bowed, bow pressure and bow speed. At most the sound is a whisper of the bow hair moving over the wood. A good example of...

in Ships, saw Bow in Motion Picture Classic magazine, and sent for her. In an attempt to overcome her youthful looks, Bow put her hair up and arrived...

archet—pronounced [aʁʃɛ]—the bow. A bow maker typically uses between 150 and 200 hairs from the tail of a horse for a violin bow. Bows for other members of the...

Tchaikovsky's violin concerto. The "Bach bow" with its arched back uses a system of levers to slacken or tighten bow hair immediately while playing so as to...

predominantly white hair). Some cheaper bows use synthetic fiber. Solid rosin is rubbed onto the hair, to render it slightly sticky; when the bow is drawn across...

A Galliane is a bow frog for stringed instrument bows that sets the hair ribbon at an angle. This kind of frog was first described in Scientific American...

of the bow to use more or fewer hairs. When using the full bow hair, the bow bounces more and has a shorter character, while when the bow hair is angled...

the bow, players held the bow with two fingers between the stick and the hair to maintain tension of the hair. Proponents of the use of German bow claim...

horizontally through holes drilled in the instrument's neck. Most huqin have the bow hair pass in between the strings. Exceptions to having two strings and pegs...

other huqin instruments such as the erhu or gaohu. As with most huqin the bow hair passes in between the two strings. Many players prefer to use silk strings...

Players of bowed string instruments rub cakes or blocks of rosin on their bow hair so it can grip the strings and make them "speak", or vibrate clearly. Occasionally...

alligator clip Auto-clasp barrette Bendy or snap clip Bow barrette Butterfly clip Claw clip, hair clamp, or hair claw Comb (certain types) French barrette Ponytail...